Luverne will put Mark to work Senator Mark Dayton that is.On Tuesday, Aug. 5, after a stint at Farmfest, Dayton will continue his "Put Mark to Work for You" program by working at Luverne’s ethanol plant.Dayton’s duties at Agri Energy will include weighing incoming corn trucks, surveying and fixing the plant’s equipment, testing ethanol samples and loading feed trucks.In recent months, Dayton’s other jobs have included working on a farm, serving lunch at a veterans home, reading to school children, helping build a Habitat for Humanity home and constructing a new park.The next day, Aug. 6, Dayton will start his day with a tour of Min-Wind 1 and Min-Wind 2.Both Min-Wind projects, which include a total of four wind turbines, are owned by 62 local investors, mostly farmers, and are located six miles south of Luverne on Highway 75, and 4.5 miles west on 51st Street.Fairgoers can get a taste of history during the fairThe Rock County Historical Society, along with help from the County K-9’s 4-H club, will be offering fairgoers a taste of Rock County history when they dress up to play the roles of the 1890s Hinkly family.They will offer tours of the Hinkly House from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7. Everyone is encouraged to stop in and learn a little about Rock County history.Has your child been ‘IDentified’?The Masons of Rock County would like to give parents in Rock County the opportunity to put their children through a positive ID program.The purpose of the program is to record their height, weight, fingerprints, and provide a digital photo.All information gathered will be given to the parent to put in a safe place, such as a safety deposit box.Masons from the local Ben Franklin Lodge in Luverne will provide the service at the fair from their booth in the building north of the 4-H building.Peer helpers will be on hand to help parents take their children through the process, which will take about 5 minutes.The equipment and material for the program is provided by the Grand Lodge of Minnesota Masons, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.If you have any questions about the project, contact Bob Dorn at 283-4274.How’s your water?If you live where city or rural water is not an option, you may want to get your well water tested for nitrate contamination.You will have the opportunity to do so, free of charge, at the Rock County fair.The free testing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, in the commercial building.Rock County Land Management, along with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, sponsor the testing.‘Holes’ will be the August movie at the PalaceThe movie "Holes" will be playing at the Palace Theatre in Luverne this weekend.The Internet Movie Data Base (www.imdb.com) rated the 2003 movie 8 out of 10 stars.Here is the IMDB plot summary:Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf) is falsely accused of stealing Clyde 'Sweet Feet' Livingston (Rick Fox)'s shoe donation to a local orphanage and will either go to jail or Camp Green Lake.Stanley chooses Green Lake, where he is forced to dig large holes in the desert each day, by order of the mysterious Warden (Sigourney Weaver) and her assistants Mr. Sir (Jon Voight) and Mr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson).But what the Warden is really trying to do is find a buried treasure that was cracked murderer Kissin' Kate Barlow (Patricia Arquette)'s fortune long ago. But when Stanley and his friend Zero (Khleo Thomas) escape, things get really bad.Show times for the movie are 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com
